Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Frankfurt School, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse
2 Feb 2018
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Theoretical/epistemological context: holistic -looking at everything, hierarchy, heterarchy, constructionism, methodological individualism, social action, not individualism in the way of "me first", but a methodological approach. Recall: last week: weber worries that we"ve become "trapped" in a highly rationalized system that appears beyond our control. "the ros(cid:455) (cid:271)lush of the e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t see(cid:373)s al(cid:373)ost to (cid:271)e fadi(cid:374)g" In the field of its highest development, in the us, the pursuit of wealth, stripped of its religious and ethical meanings, tends to be associated with purely mundane passions, which often actually give it the character of sport. The frankfurt schoolers: max horkheimer 1895-1973, escaped nazi germany to la, philosopher and sociologist, herbert marcuse 1898-1979, most political of frankfurt school -considered "the father of the new left" in the us. Political economy: 1: changes in the material relations of production, recall: marx and the alienation of the worker, but also: emergence of fordism, moving assembly lines, specialized machinery.
